The Forest Department in Odisha came into existence during pre-independence period since 1883-84, when Odisha was a part of Bengal. A solitary division was there namely, Odisha Division amongst 10 Divisions comprising the whole of Bengal, Bihar & Odisha under the charge of one Conservator of Forests with headquarters at Darjeeling. Sometime in past, certain forest blocks of Angul were declared as Reserved Forests under section 19 of Indian Forest Act, 1882. Odisha Forest Division was bifurcated into two divisions - Angul and Puri in the year 1912. Later on Sambalpur division was created. This three division had a total area of 741 sq. miles of Reserved Forests and 1069 sq. miles of protected forests.
On 1 April 1936, Odisha emerged as a new state of India; and a new Forest Department was formed under the charge of a Conservator of Forests. The Madras Presidency, Central Provinces as well as old Bihar and Odisha contributed equally to areas of forests and the total area of reserved forests and demarcated forest stood at 1401 and 583 sq. miles respectively. The Ganjam and Parlakhemundi were transferred...
Shri Mohan Charan Majhi
Hon'ble Chief Minister
Shri Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia
Hon'ble Minister Forest, Environment & Climate Change Dept., Govt. of Odisha
Shri Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, IAS
Principal Secretary to Government, Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department, Govt. of Odisha
Dr. K. Murugesan, IFS (RR-1994)
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force, Odisha
